OFAC expands authorization for U.S. companies to operate with PDVSA under new conditions

The Daily Journal.— The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) expanded its authorization Monday to allow certain U.S. companies to conduct transactions with Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) and its majority-owned subsidiaries, marking another easing of the sanctions framework governing operations with Venezuela’s oil sector. General License 52C, which OFAC issued on Sept. […]

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OFAC sanctions Harry Sargeant III company linked to oil operations in Venezuela

The Daily Journal.— The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added Bluwaves Properties Limited, a company registered in the British Virgin Islands, to its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) List. The company belongs to Harry Sargeant III, a Florida energy magnate who has long served as a channel […]

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